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How did it all start?
The European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) was officially launched after a vote by the ESC General Assembly at the World Congress of Cardiology 2006 held in Barcelona, Spain. The Association was created from a joint venture between the now dissolved ESC Working Group on Interventional Cardiology (WG10) and EuroPCR.
What is our overall objective?
The Board and Committees have been working towards the goal of positioning ourselves as leaders in Interventional Cardiology.
What have we achieved so far?
- Over 1400 leaders in the field of Interventional Cardiology in Europe are members of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI).
- The European Core Curriculum in Interventional Cardiology Subspeciality Training in Europe
identifiying an educational process for specialists in interventional cardiology in Europe was published in the EuroIntervention Journal.
- Several educational programmes providing excellent teaching and training facilities were implemented. Visit the Education and Training section for more information.
- The EAPCI Board, Committees and Members participated very actively in our key meeting EuroPCR and several sessions related to PCI were submitted and accepted at the ESC Congress 2007.
- The EAPCI was actively involved in the Drug Eluting Stents Forum held at the European Heart House in September 2007. Read the view of Dr W. Wijns on the current debate PCI here.
- As a result of the EuroHeart Survey on PCI, an article reporting on the use of Drug Eluting Stents (DES) and passive stents in patients undergoing percutaneous interventions (PCI) in Europe was published in the EuroIntervention Journal (2007);3:429-441
What are our priorities for this year?
One of our major’s objectives for 2008 is Education and Accreditation.
Read the article of Prof. Carlo Di Mario, EAPCI President Elect. on the Accreditation’s Committee’s upcoming projects. In addition, visit the Education and Training section for more details on the Education activities which include our Training and Research Fellowship Programme, European Interventional Cardiology Fellows Course and Industries Training Centres.
Familiarize yourselves with the EAPCI Committees!
If you are interested in finding our more about the EAPCI Committees, we are aiming at providing our EAPCI Members with one interview of one Committee Chair in each e-newsletter. Discover articles published so far :
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